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27 Cards in this Set
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1. What are the five rivers mentioned?
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Nile, Niger, Congo, Zambezi, Orange
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Which river is the longest one in the world?
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Nile
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Which one is the third largest river (discharge)?
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Congo
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Which one contain the waterfall with the largest “sheet” of falling water?
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Zambezi Victoria Fall has the largest sheet of falling water of 5,600 feet long.
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What are the four mountains mentioned?
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Kilimanjaro, Kenya, Cameroon, Drakensberg
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Which one the second highest mountain in the world?
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Kilimanjaro
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Which one is the highest free standing mountain in the world?
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Kilimanjaro
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What are the difference between a mountain range and a free standing mountain?
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A mountain range has many mountains, but a free standing mountain has only one
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What mountains feed the Orange River
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Drakensburg
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3. What type of hunting do the San People in the Kalahari Desert practice?
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The San people use persistence hunting where the hunter runs with its prey and chase it till it gets tired.
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What is the oldest desert in the world?
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Namib Desert (43 million years)
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How big is the Sahara Desert in square miles?
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3.5 square mile
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Describe the African Rift Valley
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It is where the tectonic plates move and it tried to create new plates.
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Why are lakes Tanganyika and Malawi elongated?
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It is because of tectonic rift tearing Eastern Africa.
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Which one is the second deepest in the world?
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Lake Tanganyika
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Why is Malawi known as the “calendar lake”?
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It's dimension are 365 by 52 miles
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Why are the Ethiopian Highlands not as cold as a mountain peak at the same elevation?
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It has a moderate temperature climate because of the amount of surrounding land
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What is significant about the Dalal Crater?
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It is within the Afar triangle of depression and is the hottest place in the world
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Describe the Sahel?
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The Sahel is a transitional zone (Ecotone). It is a growing desert because the Sahara is near the equator. The Sahel zone had desertification and soil erosion during the second half of the 20th century. It also separates Muslim Africans from Christian and Tribal African.
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Describe what a young population mean?
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The majority of the population are young people where half of the citizens are 15 years old or younger. Higher birth rates, high mortality rates but low life expectancy.
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7. How much protein in percent does Lake Tanganyika provide for 1 million inhabitants living around the lake?
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Lake Tanganyika provide 25% to 40% for everyone.
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Since the 1990's has the abundance of fish increased or decreased? Why?
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The abundance of fish had decreased because there are too many people fishing in the lake. Population increased and also the climate changed. Fishing has also become more expensive because of the gas usage that fisherman needs in order for them to go far enough to catch fish.
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8. What province of Congo provide for almost 50% of the entire country?
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Katanga, Congo is a place where there is a lot of mining resources and is good for farming and ranching. Ex: Copper, tin, radium, uranium, and diamonds
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This province almost attempted to secede (claim sovereignty) from Congo, what country supported this idea and why?
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The Belgians almost attempted to secede from Congo and the USSR got supported this idea because this area has useful mining resources.
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What is a cold way proxy
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A war between USSR and U.S that involves a 3rd party.
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In what is known as South Africa today, why did the Dutch (Afrikaners) move towards the Northeast of the Cape of Good Hope?
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The Dutch was forced to moved up there because the Britain took over control.
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What were the first and Second Boers wars? Why were they fought?
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Gold and diamonds were discovered so this caused an economic craze in Britain. The Dutch and British fought the war to gain control of the land. The British lost the first war and won the second war which gave them control over the land.
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